Month: May 2012

We didn\’t have alot planned for Memorial Day Weekend other than sleeping in and enjoying some quality family time.   On Saturday we headed to Monmouth Park for the horse races.  They were hosting a Family Fun Day and a Food Truck competition.  The two go together, don\’t they?  This was our first time at the NJ races.

Our Food Truck of choice was the dumpling truck.  I shot this picture with my iphone and gave it a little zazz.

We had promised Quinn that he could ride the horses and he was thrilled to hop on this pony!

Go #6!  #6 didn\’t win this one but Don had some luck on the last race of the day.

I got a couple of things planted in pots and the Hibiscus Tree is blooming like crazy.

Q insisted that he take off his shirt and shoes so he could be just like papa.  Then it was time to give Thomas a bath.

Quinn and Don had alot of bonding time this weekend which I very much appreciated.  The end of our weekend looked a little bit like this.

I\’m not really in to devices that make simple tasks more elaborate.  But one thing I have a hard time with is water balloons.  Hard to fill and hard to tie.  So last year I got a thing-y that makes it easy to fill water balloons but I was never able to get them tied.  So today I got this little device that makes tying the balloons easy.  These are two gadgets that will be getting alot of use this summer.

This is how our afternoon went.

Oh, the faces!

I stole this idea from Don and Quinn loves it!

Quinn\’s favorite pastime this summer.

Out of focus, but my boy running to give me a hug.

On Saturday we had some errands to run and some things to do around the house.  Once we were done, Don pulled out the Slip-n-Slide for some fun.  We\’ve had it for a while but this was our first time using it and it was a great success.

Don giving Quinn a toss down the slide.

Don showing how it\’s done.

Quinn taking another go at it.

I think we will be seeing alot of the Slip-n-Slide this summer!